WILLIAMSBURG — A teen who was trying to sell his Jordan sneakers was sprayed in the eyes with chemicals and robbed of the kicks, police said.
The victim, 13, met with a man named Brandon at the Lorimer Street J train stop on Tuesday, April 28 around 7 p.m. to sell him two pairs of Jordan Valentine sneakers, police said.
When the two met up, the suspect asked to see both pairs of sneakers and said, "You getting me tight, you know I'm Crip right?" police said, meaning that the victim was getting him upset and that the man was a gang member.
Once the suspect received both pairs, he gave them to another unknown male, who was about 16 years old, police said.
The suspect then pulled out a chemical spray canister and sprayed the victim in the face and eyes, causing burning and pain, police said.
The unknown 16-year-old then punched the victim in the left side of the face, causing pain and swelling, police said.
The two then fled. The sneakers were valued at $180 per pair, police said.
Brandon was described as 5-foot-6 and 135 pounds. His age was not specified. The 16-year-old boy was about 5-foot-4 and 130 pounds.
Police are investigating the incident.
Other notable incidents in the 90th precinct include:
► A woman who was sitting in a local park was kicked in the stomach by teens on bikes who robbed her of her computer, police said.
The woman, 25, was on a bench in Cooper Park at Morgan and Maspeth avenues on Wednesday, April 29 around 7:12 p.m. when the two suspects approached her slowly on their bicycles, police said.
One of them, a boy in his early teens, grabbed the woman's MacBook Air, worth $1,400, out of her hands, police said.
When she tried to fight back, the teen kicked her in the side of the stomach, police said. The other teenage boy on a bicycle did not say anything, police said.
The two suspects fled. No one has been arrested for the incident.
► A man who was in a car accident and had his car towed returned to find that more than $5,000 worth of property inside the vehicle was gone, police said.
The man, 31, said he went to the hospital after a car accident on Sunday, April 12 when his car was towed by Knights Collision at 27 Gerry St., police said.
When the man went to pick the car up on Monday, April 27, he realized that someone had "ransacked" the car and taken more than $5,000 worth of property, including a wedding ring band set from Zales, two pairs of Jordan sneakers and a Galaxy watch, police said.
The car, a silver 2013 Volkswagen, had been in the tow company's yard, police said.
The company told police it would look into the issue. A man who declined to be named at Knights Collision told DNAinfo New York that he had "no idea" about the man's claims.
► A man was crossing the street when a woman slashed him in the cheek and attempted to take his phone, police said.
The man, 27, was walking on Broadway near Flushing Avenue on Saturday, May 2 around 2 a.m. when a woman wearing pink clothes slashed him on the left cheek with a knife and tried to take his phone, police said.
He held onto the phone, and a second woman also tried to snatch it, police said.
But the man kept the phone and ran to Woodhull Hospital for help.
One woman was described as 5-foot-5 and 120 pounds, and the other one was 5-foot-5, 120 pounds and about 20 years old.
No one has been arrested for the incident.
